Kaohsiung City Council () is the

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Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiu ...

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. It is currently composed of 65 councilors, each serving a four-year term, elected using the

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system.

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and deputy speaker of the council are elected by fellow councilors through a

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. Kaohsiung residents, aged 23 or above and having resided in the city for more than four months, is eligible to cast their votes or run in the

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. Along with the

New Taipei City Council New Taipei City Council () is the city council of New Taipei City, Republic of China. It is now composed of 66 councillors, all recently elected on 24 November 2018 in the local elections. Along with the Kaohsiung City Council, the city counci ...

, the city council is the largest Taiwanese local council in terms of seats.

History

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The present Kaohsiung City Council was established on 25 December 2010 following merger with the Kaohsiung County Council.

Provisional Kaohsiung City Council

Succeeding the 40-member Kaohsiung City Senate on 11 January 1951, the Kaohsiung City Council, having 28 seats, was formed after Kaohsiung was designated a provincial city. Between the period of 1951 and 1979, the council seats had nearly doubled, while councillors had their term extended to 4 years. The city council, entering the transition period following Kaohsiung was promoted to a

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, was reorganized into the Provisional Kaohsiung City Council on 1 July 1979, with three new seats were added to the provisional city council. A successive Kaohsiung City Council, replacing the provisional city council, was founded on 25 December 1981 when the transition period ended.

Kaohsiung County Council

After the retrocession of Taiwan and the ensuing

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, 56 candidates were elected to the Kaohsiung County Senate upon the

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held on 15 March 1946. The

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announced in 1950 the reorganization of

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, including

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and

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, thus paving way for further devolution in Taiwan. The 48-member Kaohsiung County Council, succeeding the county senate, was established on 11 January 1951 after the local elections held on 17 December 1950.

Transportation

The council building is accessible within walking distance of

Fongshan West–City Council metro station Fongshan West–City Council is a station on the Orange line of the Kaohsiung MRT in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Station overview The station is a two-level, underground station with an island platform and two exits. The station is 21 ...

Councilors

District 1 * Hsin-Chiang Chu * Fu-Bao Lin * Yi-Di Lin Emblem of the Kuomintang

District 2 * Ming-Ze Chen * Ming-Tai Huang * Ya-Chu Li Emblem of the Kuomintang

District 3 * Xin-Yuan Fang Emblem of the Kuomintang

* Min-Lin Gao * Chiu-Ying Huang * Shu-Mei Li Emblem of the Kuomintang

* Li-Pin Sung Emblem of the Kuomintang

District 4 * Li-Chen Chen Emblem of the Kuomintang

* Mei-Jyuan Chen Emblem of the Kuomintang

* Mei-Jhen Li Emblem of the Kuomintang

* Ya-Hui Li * Ya-Fen Li Emblem of the Kuomintang

* Bo-Yi Li * Shan-Hui Chen * Wen-Chih Huang District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 * Huang Jie District 10 District 11 District 12 District 13 District 14 District 15 * Hui-Mei Tang Emblem of the Kuomintang

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